coqueluche
coqueluche noun: a type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
Noun
coqueluche (plural coqueluches)
- A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
- The coqueluchon or coqueluche was a kind of hood very generally worn at certain periods of the year, which seems to have given its name to the hooping-cough, because those who were attacked by that illness wore a coqueluche or monk's hood to keep their head warm.1896, Alphonse Mariette, French and English idioms and proverbs: with critical and historical notes, page 104
- […] because the sick wore a coqueluche on their heads (as a part of the treatment prescribed) certainly owes its currency to Dr. Short, but he appears to have relied upon the authority of Schenkius […]1922, Francis Graham Crookshank, Influenza, page 73
Forms of coqueluche
| plural | coqueluches |
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Origin of coqueluche
Borrowed from French coqueluche.
Questions about coqueluche
- What does coqueluche mean?
- Coqueluche means a type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
- What part of speech is coqueluche?
- Coqueluche is a noun.
- What is the plural of coqueluche?
- The plural of coqueluche is coqueluches.
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